ovate

Etymology 1

oval + -ate, from Latin ovatus.

adj

1. Shaped like an egg.
   The Geese, Aɴsᴇʀɪɴᴁ, have the body ovate, the head small, the bill stout and somewhat conical; the legs rather long; the wings of great length and breadth. 1852, William Macgillivray, A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory, page 573
2. (botany, of leaves) With the broadest extremity near the base.

noun

1. (archaeology) An egg-shaped hand axe.
   Slightly derived handaxes from the Mildenhall glaciofluvial sands, generally in fresh condition and dominated by ovates and cordates. 2012, Paul Pettitt, Mark White, The British Palaeolithic, page 122

Etymology 2

See vates.

noun

1. An Irish bard.
2. A member at a certain grade of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, a neo-druidism order based in England.
3. A modern-day bard of a gorsedd, especially one acknowledged at an eisteddfod.